Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), "established in 1971, is a strategic partnership of countries, international and regional organizations and private foundations supporting the work of 15 international Centers. In collaboration with national agricultural research systems, civil society and the private sector, the CGIAR fosters sustainable agricultural growth through high-quality science aimed at benefiting the poor through stronger food security, better human nutrition and health, higher incomes and improved management of natural resources."

People

 * Katherine Sierra - Chair
 * Ren Wang - CGIAR Director

Executive Council Members (as of September 2007)
Accessed April 2008:


 * Chair 	Katherine Sierra 	World Bank
 * Co-Sponsors 	Alexander Müller, Eija Pehu, Rodney Cooke
 * Alliance of CGIAR Centers 	Emile Frison 	AB Chair
 * SC 	Rudy Rabbinge 	SC Chair
 * GFAR 	Adel El-Beltagy 	GFAR Chair

OECD/DAC
 * Americas 	Franklin Moore 	USA
 * Asia-Pacific 	Peter Core 	Australia
 * Europe Katharina Jenny, Marina Puccioni, Jonathan Wadsworth

Developing Countries
 * Americas 	Silvio Crestana 	Brazil
 * SSA 	Romano Kiome 	Kenya
 * Asia-Pacific 	Lijian Zhang 	China
 * CWANA 	Jafar Khalghani 	Iran
 * Regional Fora 	Mario Allegri 	FORAGRO

Foundations
 * Jean Lebel 	IDRC

Partners
 * Civil Society 	tbd
 * Private Sector 	Bill Niebur 	PSC Chair
 * Executive Secretary, ExCo 	Ren Wang, CGIAR Director

Research Centers
Source
 * Africa Rice Center (WARDA)
 * Bioversity International
 * CIAT - Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
 * CIFOR - Centre for International Forestry
 * CIMMYT - Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maiz y Trigo
 * CIP - Centro Internacional de la Papa
 * ICARDA - International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas
 * ICRISAT - International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics
 * IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
 * IITA - International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
 * ILRI - International Livestock Research Institute
 * IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
 * IWMI - International Water Management Institute
 * World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF)
 * WorldFish Center

Members
Countries (see web) Foundations
 * Ford Foundation
 * Kellogg Foundation
 * Rockefeller Foundation
 * Syngenta Foundation for Sustainable Agriculture

International and Regional Organizations
 * African Development Bank
 * Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
 * Asian Development Bank
 * European Commission
 * Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
 * Gulf Cooperation Council
 * Inter-American Development Bank
 * International Development Research Centre
 * International Fund for Agricultural Development
 * Opec Fund for International Development
 * United Nations Development Programme
 * United Nations Environment Programme
 * World Bank

Contact

 * Web: http://www.cgiar.org

Related Sourcewatch articles

 * Alliance of Communicators for Sustainable Development
 * Monty Jones
 * International Food Policy Research Institute
 * Africa Rice Center
 * Global Crop Diversity Trust
 * Mangala Rai
 * Ismail Serageldin - former chair
 * Teresa Fogelberg

External Resources

 * Henk Hobbelink, “Biodiversity at Rio: Conservation or access?,” Capitalism Nature Socialism, 3 (4), 1992.
 * Michael Barker, "Bill Gates Engineers Another Green Revolution (Part 3 of 3)", Znet, August 8, 2008.
 * Jude L. Fernando, “Culture in Agriculture vs. Capital in Agriculture: CGIAR’s Challenges to Social Scientists in Culture”, Culture in Agriculture, Vol. 29, No. 1 (2007).